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Feeding Your Gadget and Tech ObsessionsTue, 03 Mar 2015 20:21:02 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Atari E.T. cartridges from landfill auctioned for up to $1,500http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-cartridges-from-landfill-auctioned-for-up-to-1500-15355681/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-cartridges-from-landfill-auctioned-for-up-to-1500-15355681/#commentsSat, 15 Nov 2014 19:00:12 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=355681With a documentary set to air later this month, the first of the Atari 2600 game cartridges that were unearthed from the desert this past spring after being buried in 1983 were auctioned off. A set of 100 cartridges, including a number of copies of the game adaptation of E.T., earned close to $36,500 for the City of Alamogordo, New … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-cartridges-from-landfill-auctioned-for-up-to-1500-15355681/feed/0Atari E.T. Xbox documentary to premiere on November 20thhttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-xbox-documentary-to-premiere-on-november-20th-31353389/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-xbox-documentary-to-premiere-on-november-20th-31353389/#commentsFri, 31 Oct 2014 17:06:22 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=353389Atari: Game Over is a documentary that's part of a gaming series that'll be coming to Xbox One and Xbox 360 this fall. We'd heard about it before - we've even seen photos of the digging up of the E.T. site in the desert. But now we get to see it up close and personal. This documentary will show "the … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-xbox-documentary-to-premiere-on-november-20th-31353389/feed/0Atari: Game Over to tell the tale of a once mighty gianthttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-game-over-to-tell-the-tale-of-a-once-mighty-giant-28338866/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-game-over-to-tell-the-tale-of-a-once-mighty-giant-28338866/#commentsMon, 28 Jul 2014 11:45:29 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=338866What is one sure way to tell that you have a lasting legacy? The fact that they make a new documentary about you decades after your fall from grace. That is certainly the case with game maker Atari, whose history, failure, and legacy will be put under a microscope once more in a documentary video appropriately titled "Atari: Game Over". … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-game-over-to-tell-the-tale-of-a-once-mighty-giant-28338866/feed/1Atari’s Pridefest: LGBT social-sim game for Android and iOShttp://www.slashgear.com/ataris-pridefest-lgbt-social-sim-game-for-android-and-ios-17337568/
http://www.slashgear.com/ataris-pridefest-lgbt-social-sim-game-for-android-and-ios-17337568/#commentsThu, 17 Jul 2014 18:45:03 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=337568It’s no secret that more users than the young, white, straight, American male plays video games here in 2014. Whether or not that means that Atari’s latest mobile game Pridefest is a good fit for the next generation of gamers is another subject entirely. Today ATARI adds more detail to their social-sim game which has players "create and launch their … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/ataris-pridefest-lgbt-social-sim-game-for-android-and-ios-17337568/feed/1Minimum Early Access: ditching graphics never looked so goodhttp://www.slashgear.com/minimum-early-access-ditching-graphics-never-looked-so-good-02336278/
http://www.slashgear.com/minimum-early-access-ditching-graphics-never-looked-so-good-02336278/#commentsWed, 02 Jul 2014 21:10:54 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=336278Inside this third-person shooter multiplayer game you’ll find a stripped-down masterpiece. Developed by Human Head and Atari, this game conveys a sense of grandeur the likes of which we’ve never seen done with such flat surfaces. It’s online, it’s played from a third-person perspective, it’s got RTS and RPG elements, it’s blocky, and its out in Steam Early Access. This … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/minimum-early-access-ditching-graphics-never-looked-so-good-02336278/feed/2Atari bringing classic games to iOS and Androidhttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-bringing-classic-games-to-ios-and-android-18334179/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-bringing-classic-games-to-ios-and-android-18334179/#commentsWed, 18 Jun 2014 16:35:20 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=334179The folks behind business strategy at gaming company Atari have let it be known this week that they’ll be staging a "Corporate Comeback" of sorts, starting with such important releases as "Asteroids" on iOS. They’ll be bringing a wide variety of games from the classic era to the mobile universe, working with both iOS and Android in the near future … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-bringing-classic-games-to-ios-and-android-18334179/feed/5Atari E.T. landfill unearthed: on Xbox this summer [UPDATE: video]http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-landfill-unearthed-video-on-xbox-this-summer-27326612/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-landfill-unearthed-video-on-xbox-this-summer-27326612/#commentsSun, 27 Apr 2014 14:26:31 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=326612It’s true. It’s all true. Headed out to the Alamogoro Landfill in New Mexico this weekend, filmmakers and excavators expected to find either a ton of trash or massive stacks of ATARI games. As it turns out, they found both - but they did uncover a real situation turned urban legend in the process. UPDATE: Xbox Live has now provided … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-e-t-landfill-unearthed-video-on-xbox-this-summer-27326612/feed/4Atari Minimum combines Minecraft-style crafting with third person shooterhttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-minimum-combines-minecraft-style-crafting-with-third-person-shooter-18325720/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-minimum-combines-minecraft-style-crafting-with-third-person-shooter-18325720/#commentsFri, 18 Apr 2014 11:58:08 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=325720Atari has announced a new video game that will hit the PC via Steam this spring. The game is called Minimum and one glance at it will remind many of Minecraft. The game has blocky graphics and focuses heavily on crafting. Atari says that minimum is a fast paced, session-based combat game pitting five teams against each other. The crafting … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-minimum-combines-minecraft-style-crafting-with-third-person-shooter-18325720/feed/2Xbox One ET game landfill digging a go-gohttp://www.slashgear.com/xbox-one-et-game-landfill-digging-a-go-go-04323790/
http://www.slashgear.com/xbox-one-et-game-landfill-digging-a-go-go-04323790/#commentsFri, 04 Apr 2014 17:29:18 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=323790The folks responsible for the next generation in video game documentary-making have decided to start by digging a hole in the ground. If you’ll have been following along with Xbox One-exclusive video coverage over the past few weeks, you’ll know that a group of explorers are set to take their first episode of video game documentary madness to New Mexico, … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/xbox-one-et-game-landfill-digging-a-go-go-04323790/feed/1Archive vintage games collection enhanced: holiday blues defeated!http://www.slashgear.com/archive-vintage-games-collection-enhanced-holiday-blues-defeated-27310182/
http://www.slashgear.com/archive-vintage-games-collection-enhanced-holiday-blues-defeated-27310182/#commentsFri, 27 Dec 2013 20:40:12 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=310182This week the folks at the Internet Archive have released a new collection of in-browser emulated games, a whole mess of vintage titles released recently into the public domain. This collection runs on an emulator based on MESS software, working with JSMESS (Javascript MESS) allowing most modern browsers to play immediately. Most games work with a simple tapping of your … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/archive-vintage-games-collection-enhanced-holiday-blues-defeated-27310182/feed/0Internet Archive’s new Historical Software Archive lets you interact with software as-it-washttp://www.slashgear.com/internet-archives-new-historical-software-archive-lets-you-interact-with-software-as-it-was-26303183/
http://www.slashgear.com/internet-archives-new-historical-software-archive-lets-you-interact-with-software-as-it-was-26303183/#commentsSun, 27 Oct 2013 00:04:36 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=303183The Internet Archive this weekend released a new addition to its growing collection of historical media, the Historical Software Collection. The collection lets you run old, outdated, and historically important software right inside the modern browser. This marks the first time a project of this kind has been taken on to such a large extent, and it is free to … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/internet-archives-new-historical-software-archive-lets-you-interact-with-software-as-it-was-26303183/feed/1Google brings the nostalgia with Atari Breakout Easter egghttp://www.slashgear.com/google-brings-the-nostalgia-with-atari-breakout-easter-egg-13281829/
http://www.slashgear.com/google-brings-the-nostalgia-with-atari-breakout-easter-egg-13281829/#commentsTue, 14 May 2013 04:46:26 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=281829If you had an Atari as a child, the vast differences between the gaming console of today and the digital substance of your youth is enough that every 2D game threatens to break out the waves of nostalgia, and Atari's Breakout is no exception. To commemorate the game's 37th anniversary, Google created a playable online version. Rather than parking it … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/google-brings-the-nostalgia-with-atari-breakout-easter-egg-13281829/feed/1Atari rings in 40 years of Pong with free iOS game and custom Xbox 360 with LCDhttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-rings-in-40-years-of-pong-with-free-ios-game-and-custom-xbox-360-with-lcd-29259001/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-rings-in-40-years-of-pong-with-free-ios-game-and-custom-xbox-360-with-lcd-29259001/#commentsThu, 29 Nov 2012 23:06:30 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=259001The big 40 has come down for the original tennis game Pong, and the folks at Atari are ringing in the occasion with two big releases. The first is what the company calls "the first-ever official new Pong game on iOS", this meaning not that Pong has never been on iOS before, but that this is the first real redesign … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-rings-in-40-years-of-pong-with-free-ios-game-and-custom-xbox-360-with-lcd-29259001/feed/2RollerCoaster Tycoon coming to iOS and Android in early 2013http://www.slashgear.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-coming-to-ios-and-android-in-early-2013-24253792/
http://www.slashgear.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-coming-to-ios-and-android-in-early-2013-24253792/#commentsWed, 24 Oct 2012 15:34:46 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=253792Atari has reportedly confirmed plans to release RollerCoaster Tycoon for iOS and Android, resurrecting the iconic title for a new generation of mobile gamers. The game is one of a number of classics Atari has decided to re-fettle for smartphones, Slide To Play reports, and will be joined by Atari Casino, Outlaw, and an update to Centipede: Origins. "We've spent this year focused … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/rollercoaster-tycoon-coming-to-ios-and-android-in-early-2013-24253792/feed/9Atari remakes gaming classics in HTML5 for browsers and Windows 8http://www.slashgear.com/atari-remakes-gaming-classics-in-html5-for-browsers-and-windows-8-30245203/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-remakes-gaming-classics-in-html5-for-browsers-and-windows-8-30245203/#commentsThu, 30 Aug 2012 21:05:32 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=245203Atari has decided that it's time to give some of its classic games a fresh coat paint, launching the new Atari Arcade. Eight of Atari's classic games have been updated using HTML5 and are playable in your browser for free. That's not the end of it though, as Atari has also teamed up with Microsoft to bring these games to … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-remakes-gaming-classics-in-html5-for-browsers-and-windows-8-30245203/feed/5Super Mario Clone World beats New titles with Atari graphicshttp://www.slashgear.com/super-mario-clone-world-beats-new-titles-with-atari-graphics-24243855/
http://www.slashgear.com/super-mario-clone-world-beats-new-titles-with-atari-graphics-24243855/#commentsFri, 24 Aug 2012 20:18:24 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=243855This week it appears that one developer fan of Nintendo's hero series Mario has taken his love for the original to a whole new level - backwards. Atari Age forum member Sprybug has taken data from the original Super Mario Bros. from the original Nintendo Entertainment System and has begun transferring it backward into a game that very well could … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/super-mario-clone-world-beats-new-titles-with-atari-graphics-24243855/feed/0Will There One Day Be A Universal Game Console?http://www.slashgear.com/will-there-one-day-be-a-universal-game-console-17243221/
http://www.slashgear.com/will-there-one-day-be-a-universal-game-console-17243221/#commentsFri, 17 Aug 2012 21:45:11 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=243221As I’ve noted on SlashGear before, I have what some might call a gaming closet museum. Over the last couple of decades, I’ve collected consoles, handhelds, and popular games, and kept them on the ready in the event I want to go old school and power on my old Atari 2600 or check out an NES title. I recently found … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/will-there-one-day-be-a-universal-game-console-17243221/feed/22Atari offers 100 iOS games free for 40th anniversaryhttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-offers-100-ios-games-free-for-40th-anniversary-28236295/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-offers-100-ios-games-free-for-40th-anniversary-28236295/#commentsThu, 28 Jun 2012 16:41:49 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=236295Atari is celebrating its 40th anniversary by giving away 100 of its most popular retro games for free on iTunes. Each iOS version pays homage to the original and is designed to mimic the gameplay that Atari fans remember. The games are in an app called Atari's Greatest Hits, which normally costs $9.99. The 100 games are based on the … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-offers-100-ios-games-free-for-40th-anniversary-28236295/feed/1Steve Jobs’ 1974 Atari memo up for auctionhttp://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-1974-atari-memo-up-for-auction-28230534/
http://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-1974-atari-memo-up-for-auction-28230534/#commentsMon, 28 May 2012 19:11:31 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=230534Sotheby's is getting ready to auction a Steve Jobs' memo on June 15 for as much as $15,000. The memo was written to Atari in 1974 when Jobs was 19 years old and employed by the company to work on game design. Jobs was reportedly forced to work at nights at Atari due to his clashes with colleagues. The memo … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/steve-jobs-1974-atari-memo-up-for-auction-28230534/feed/3Commodore founder and computer legend Jack Tramiel passes awayhttp://www.slashgear.com/commodore-founder-and-computer-legend-jack-tramiel-passes-away-09222143/
http://www.slashgear.com/commodore-founder-and-computer-legend-jack-tramiel-passes-away-09222143/#commentsMon, 09 Apr 2012 21:02:22 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=222143Sad news today. Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and computer legend has passed away at the age of 83, according to Forbes. After surviving imprisonment at Auschwitz during WWII Tramiel went on to lead an aspiring life. Probably best know for Commodore International, and in the gaming community at large. Between typewriters, calculators, and gaming systems like the Atari … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/commodore-founder-and-computer-legend-jack-tramiel-passes-away-09222143/feed/12Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition revealed for Summer 2012http://www.slashgear.com/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-revealed-for-summer-2012-15218616/
http://www.slashgear.com/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-revealed-for-summer-2012-15218616/#commentsThu, 15 Mar 2012 20:06:04 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=218616After a week of teasing with a countdown clock on the Baldur's Gate webpage, we now know what all the fuss is about. Despite the immediate server crash upon counting down to zero, a release was thankfully issued via email revealing that the big announcement is for a Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition that will be arriving this summer for PCs. … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition-revealed-for-summer-2012-15218616/feed/16BugHouse Future Fossils tech in cement for the gadgeteer who has absolutely everythinghttp://www.slashgear.com/bughouse-future-fossils-tech-in-cement-for-the-gadgeteer-who-has-absolutely-everything-06200398/
http://www.slashgear.com/bughouse-future-fossils-tech-in-cement-for-the-gadgeteer-who-has-absolutely-everything-06200398/#commentsTue, 06 Dec 2011 21:31:48 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=200398When it comes down to it, there's only so much technological gadget bits that one person can possibly want for the holidays*, so when you get to that point with the electronics lover in your life, there's always the old fallback: a big bit of rock. Not just a sack of pavers you stole from your neighbor, no way, this … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/bughouse-future-fossils-tech-in-cement-for-the-gadgeteer-who-has-absolutely-everything-06200398/feed/3Atari may be planning its own iPad game controller called Atari Arcadehttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-may-be-planning-its-own-ipad-game-controller-called-atari-arcade-06177331/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-may-be-planning-its-own-ipad-game-controller-called-atari-arcade-06177331/#commentsTue, 06 Sep 2011 13:54:34 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=177331The iPad is certainly a cool gaming device with all sorts of games that are available to suit any gamer need. One of the apps that old school gamers that like retro gaming with games from the 80's would like the cool Atari Classics app that puts a bunch of old games in one place. The problem is that old … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-may-be-planning-its-own-ipad-game-controller-called-atari-arcade-06177331/feed/4IBM PC Turns 30 Years Old and We Reminisce About The Very Firsthttp://www.slashgear.com/ibm-pc-turns-30-years-old-and-we-reminisce-about-the-very-first-12171438/
http://www.slashgear.com/ibm-pc-turns-30-years-old-and-we-reminisce-about-the-very-first-12171438/#commentsFri, 12 Aug 2011 19:55:32 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=171438Thirty years ago, the IBM PC was born, and consumers were treated to what for many was the beginning of a new era in home electronics. It was August 12th, 1981 - not the first time anyone had owned their first personal computer, as the MITS Altair 8800 had already been released in 1975, the Apple II and Commodore PET … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/ibm-pc-turns-30-years-old-and-we-reminisce-about-the-very-first-12171438/feed/3If Goldmember were a gamer…http://www.slashgear.com/if-goldmember-were-a-gamer%e2%80%a6-26167482/
http://www.slashgear.com/if-goldmember-were-a-gamer%e2%80%a6-26167482/#commentsTue, 26 Jul 2011 13:10:35 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=167482Anyone that was around in the 80's will remember the Atari. This was the console to have back in the day. It never ceases to impress me that the graphics on my smartphone are infinitely better than the graphics on the best console of the early 80's. The console you see here is what Goldmember would play. It is the … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/if-goldmember-were-a-gamer%e2%80%a6-26167482/feed/2ThinkGeek iCADE iPad arcade cabinet finally gets shipping datehttp://www.slashgear.com/thinkgeek-icade-ipad-arcade-cabinet-finally-gets-shipping-date-20147294/
http://www.slashgear.com/thinkgeek-icade-ipad-arcade-cabinet-finally-gets-shipping-date-20147294/#commentsWed, 20 Apr 2011 17:08:50 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=147294One of ThinkGeek's most popular April Fools' jokes of recent years has been the iCADE arcade cabinet for the iPad, and having been green-lighted the retro peripheral is finally going on sale. ThinkGeek has just told us that pre-orders for the iCADE kick off today, with the cabinet expected to ship from May 20. Priced at $99.99, ThinkGeek's version of … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/thinkgeek-icade-ipad-arcade-cabinet-finally-gets-shipping-date-20147294/feed/0Atari classic Yar’s Revenge gets revamped and comes to Xbox Live Arcadehttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-classic-yars-revenge-gets-revamped-and-comes-to-xbox-live-arcade-14146145/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-classic-yars-revenge-gets-revamped-and-comes-to-xbox-live-arcade-14146145/#commentsThu, 14 Apr 2011 12:53:18 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=146145I bet a lot of gamers played Yar's Revenge back in the day on their Atari game consoles. If you were a big fan of the original and like retro inspired gaming still today, Atari has a new classic on the Xbox Arcade for you to check out. The game is Yar's Revenge. The game is on Xbox 360 Arcade … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-classic-yars-revenge-gets-revamped-and-comes-to-xbox-live-arcade-14146145/feed/4Atari’s Greatest Hits arrives in App Store: 100 classic games for $14.99http://www.slashgear.com/ataris-greatest-hits-arrives-in-app-store-100-classic-games-for-14-99-07144816/
http://www.slashgear.com/ataris-greatest-hits-arrives-in-app-store-100-classic-games-for-14-99-07144816/#commentsThu, 07 Apr 2011 08:21:28 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=144816You want to know what's awesome? Atari is awesome. You want to know what's even more awesome? How about 100 classic Atari games, reformatted for iPhone and iPad, and available in their glorious retro entirety from the App Store [Tunes link] for a mere $14.99. 18 Atari arcade titles, 92 Atari 2600 games, and even some new fangled Bluetooth for multiplayer fun. The … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/ataris-greatest-hits-arrives-in-app-store-100-classic-games-for-14-99-07144816/feed/1Ben Heck combines Xbox 360 and 70’s Atarihttp://www.slashgear.com/ben-heck-combines-xbox-360-into-and-70s-atari-21141222/
http://www.slashgear.com/ben-heck-combines-xbox-360-into-and-70s-atari-21141222/#commentsMon, 21 Mar 2011 12:07:24 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=141222Man when I was a kid I spent a lot of time playing an Atari just like the one Heck used for his latest project. I was an Asteroids, Pac-Man, and Pole Position player myself. Heck took an Atari console from 1977 and integrated it into an Xbox 360 laptop system. Atari was in with Heck for this build combing … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/ben-heck-combines-xbox-360-into-and-70s-atari-21141222/feed/1The Cat’s In the Cradle and the PS3http://www.slashgear.com/the-cats-in-the-cradle-and-the-ps3-31122257/
http://www.slashgear.com/the-cats-in-the-cradle-and-the-ps3-31122257/#commentsFri, 31 Dec 2010 18:00:51 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=122257When I was a kid, my dad would clobber me at video games. He's not a gamer. He didn't grow up playing games, and he didn't have much interest once games became popular. But we had an Atari 2600, and I remember spending rainy days playing games with my dad. We would play Basketball, which consisted of two jagged stick … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/the-cats-in-the-cradle-and-the-ps3-31122257/feed/6SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: December 13 2010http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-december-13-2010-13119157/
http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-december-13-2010-13119157/#commentsMon, 13 Dec 2010 14:57:47 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=119157Ruh roh! KIN Studio is shutting down as Verizon pulls plug in January 2011! That's big tween news. Then there was some sweet stuff over the weekend and early early in the morning: Why I’m Willing to Give 3D TV A Try, a column by Don. We begin our fabulous "Week With" the L1 v2 Laser Pico Projector starting with … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-morning-wrap-up-december-13-2010-13119157/feed/0Atari and Cryptic Studios launch Star Trek Online Season Three: Genesis contesthttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-and-cryptic-studios-launch-star-trek-online-season-three-genesis-contest-13119114/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-and-cryptic-studios-launch-star-trek-online-season-three-genesis-contest-13119114/#commentsMon, 13 Dec 2010 11:31:39 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=119114If you are a big fan of games, sci fi and Star Trek, you are probably already familiar with the really cool Star Trek MMO game called Star Trek Online. The game is a MMO that is set in the Star Trek universe and lets the player build his or her own starship and crew for some adventuring in space. … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-and-cryptic-studios-launch-star-trek-online-season-three-genesis-contest-13119114/feed/0Rare Atari 2600 game Air Raid sells for $31Khttp://www.slashgear.com/rare-atari-2600-game-air-raid-sells-for-31k-1581761/
http://www.slashgear.com/rare-atari-2600-game-air-raid-sells-for-31k-1581761/#commentsThu, 15 Apr 2010 11:32:57 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=81761Alright gamers, it's time to hit up your garage, attic, or storage building and check your stash of old, obsolete video games. Some of those games are worth big bucks. When I was a kid, I had an Atari and a hoard of games for the thing. I typically only played a few of them and over the years, I … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/rare-atari-2600-game-air-raid-sells-for-31k-1581761/feed/0Dirty Fingers Sexy Screen Wash and ET: more in common than you thinkhttp://www.slashgear.com/dirty-fingers-sexy-screen-wash-and-et-more-in-common-than-you-think-0376562/
http://www.slashgear.com/dirty-fingers-sexy-screen-wash-and-et-more-in-common-than-you-think-0376562/#commentsWed, 03 Mar 2010 18:10:17 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=76562It's a great urban legend. In September 1983, the Alamogordo Daily News of Alamogordo, New Mexico, reported in a series of articles that between ten and twenty semi-trailer truckloads of Atari boxes, cartridges, and systems from an Atari storehouse in El Paso, Texas were crushed and buried at the landfill within the city... it has been speculated that most unsold … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/dirty-fingers-sexy-screen-wash-and-et-more-in-common-than-you-think-0376562/feed/0Ben Heck Atari 800 laptop casemod mk3 is best yet [Video]http://www.slashgear.com/ben-heck-atari-800-laptop-casemod-mk3-is-best-yet-video-1456310/
http://www.slashgear.com/ben-heck-atari-800-laptop-casemod-mk3-is-best-yet-video-1456310/#commentsMon, 14 Sep 2009 14:48:10 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=56310Be still my beating retro heart. Ben Heck has been flexing his awesome mod-skills and produced this incredible Atari 800 laptop casemod, replete with hearing-aid-beige casing, authentic keyboard - which pops-up at an angle - and front-loading cartridge slot. Video demo after the cut There's also a 2.5-inch PATA hard-drive from which you can load ROMs without needing to mess … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/ben-heck-atari-800-laptop-casemod-mk3-is-best-yet-video-1456310/feed/0Atari Touch Tablet for the outdated artist in all of ushttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-touch-tablet-for-the-outdated-artist-in-all-of-us-2031357/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-touch-tablet-for-the-outdated-artist-in-all-of-us-2031357/#commentsTue, 20 Jan 2009 20:08:11 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=31357Some of us oldies may have a hard time adapting to the new advances in technology. Those of us who are holding onto old devices with a death grip wont necessarily have to let to in order to be with the times, we all just need a little upgrade. Take the Atari for instance, what is one that the world … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-touch-tablet-for-the-outdated-artist-in-all-of-us-2031357/feed/0Ghostbusters video game trailer releasedhttp://www.slashgear.com/ghostbusters-video-game-trailer-released-0525458/
http://www.slashgear.com/ghostbusters-video-game-trailer-released-0525458/#commentsSat, 06 Dec 2008 01:05:01 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=25458Oh, we've been waiting for this for such a long time. A game that many thought had fallen by the wayside and would never come to be is now actually going to happen. The trailer for the long-awaited Ghostbuster game has finally been released! If you grew up with these movies, then this game will no doubt make you very … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/ghostbusters-video-game-trailer-released-0525458/feed/0Atari announces Ghostbusters video gamehttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-announces-ghostbusters-video-game-0722044/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-announces-ghostbusters-video-game-0722044/#commentsSat, 08 Nov 2008 01:31:10 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=22044The Ghostbusters video game has been around for awhile now. Well, the idea of it, at least. But now the whole enterprise is getting official with an announcement from Atari that they will be releasing the game on six different systems in 2009. Ghostbusters: The Video Game was written by the same people that wrote the first Ghostbusters movie, including … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-announces-ghostbusters-video-game-0722044/feed/0SlashGear Week in Review – Week 38 2008http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-week-in-review-week-38-2008-2116830/
http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-week-in-review-week-38-2008-2116830/#commentsMon, 22 Sep 2008 03:50:37 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=16830After a week or two on the down-low, netbooks have been back among the headlines with Sony grudgingly admitting that it will probably make one while MSI discussed plans for their second-generation range. Not bad for something an AMD VP described as only good for "around the house". Elsewhere, it's been 3G and netbooks getting married: Vodafone revealed their UK … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-week-in-review-week-38-2008-2116830/feed/0Atari Modern Classics offer retro appeal to new gameshttp://www.slashgear.com/atari-modern-classics-offer-retro-appeal-to-new-games-1816583/
http://www.slashgear.com/atari-modern-classics-offer-retro-appeal-to-new-games-1816583/#commentsThu, 18 Sep 2008 07:29:44 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=16583If there's one thing that's been lacking in the latest video game titles, it's the general packaging appeal of older games from older systems. The sheer simplicity of games on the Atari 2600 is something many gamers today still enjoy. But what if that simplicity were applied to the packaging of the games of today? Then, you'd get the line … Continue reading]]>http://www.slashgear.com/atari-modern-classics-offer-retro-appeal-to-new-games-1816583/feed/0